S.Amdt. 2161

SA 2161. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 382. COST-SHARING AGREEMENT FOR STATE AND FEDERAL COSTS
FOR RIFLE TRAINING RANGE FOR AIR FORCE SECURITY
FORCES.

(a) Authorization.--The Secretary may enter into a cost-
sharing agreement with a State for the purposes of
establishing a rifle training range for the Air Force
Security Forces.
(b) Request for Proposal.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue to all
States a request for proposal for a cost-sharing agreement
under subsection (a).
(2) Elements of proposals.--In reviewing proposals
submitted by States under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall
consider--
(A) training requirements of current and anticipated Air
Force Security Forces;
(B) cost savings or cost avoidance concerning travel,
accommodations, and other costs related to current training
activities of the Air Force Security Forces;
(C) the benefits of the proposal to other requirements of
the Department of Defense or another Federal agency;
(D) the benefits of the proposal to each State; and
(E) the cost-sharing arrangement proposed by the State.
(c) Authorization of Funds.--
(1) Authorization of land acquisition.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 to be used by
the Secretary for the purposes of land acquisition to carry
out this section.
(2) Augmentation of rifle training range.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such funds as
may be necessary to augment the rifle training range
authorized under subsection (a) as necessary to support
training requirements of the Air Force Security Forces.
(3) Solicitation of additional funds.--The Secretary may
solicit additional funds from another military department or
Federal agency to defray acquisition and operational costs
under this section.
(d) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term
``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Air Force.
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